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October 23rd, 2009 · 19 Comments · budget, Commentary, Education, Fire and police, In the News, National Politics, state politics, Taxes, Village Council
There have been many articles about the budgetary crisis gripping various states and cities, including our own town. Reading up for a column on the subject, I came across this factoid from SUNY’s Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government: state tax collections plunged an inflation-adjusted average of 9.2 percent in FY 2009. As the village [...]
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